Labour chooses Corbyn supporter Khan as London mayoral candidate

Britain's opposition Labour Party has selected a left-leaning lawmaker as its candidate for next year's Mayor of London election, adding to signs of a swing leftwards within the party. Sadiq Khan, 45, who was the first Muslim to attend cabinet, is a supporter of Jeremy Corbyn, the favourite to be announced on Saturday as the Labour Party's new national leader, who has pledged to renationalise swathes of the economy. Khan, Labour's justice spokesman during the last parliament, will compete agains